Ch. 14 Dental Charting Symbols and Cavity Classifications

Missing teeth

(removed or never erupted)

Multiple missing teeth

Teeth to be extracted

All teeth missing

Tooth with root canal treatment, apicoectomy, and silver amalgam

retrofilling

Teeth impacted or unerupted

Teeth that are drifting/overerupted

Teeth that are drifting/ mesial inclination

Teeth that are drifting/ distal inclination

Teeth that need root canal therapy

Tooth with an abscess

Tooth with a completed root canal

Tooth with full gold crown

Tooth with a 3/4 gold crown

Tooth with an MOD onlay crown

Tooth with a DO inlay crown

Tooth with a porcelain crown

Tooth with a porcelain fused to metal crown

Fixed bridge (abutment porcelain fused to gold crown-Pontic-full gold-abutment full gold)

Fixed bridge (porcelain fused to metal abutment-Pontic-porcelain fused to metal-abutment full gold crown)

Maryland Bridge

Supernumerary Tooth

Tooth with a temporary restoration

Periodontal pocket

Overhang on a restoration

Food impaction

Open contacts

Decalcification

Heavy calculus

Mesio-occluso-distal (MOD) amalgam restoration with recurrent decay

Occlusal caries

Occlusal amalgam restoration

Occlusal composite restoration

Enamel sealant

Disto-occlusal(DO) caries

Class IV

MI(Mesio-Incisal) composite restoration

Class V facial caries

Class I lingual amalgam restoration

Class III M(Mesial) composite restoration

Gingival recession/ furcation involvement

Mobility

Partial Denture

Full Denture

Rotated Tooth

Diastema

Fractured tooth or fractured root

Stainless steel crown

Porcelain veneer

Dental Implant

Incisal

I

Mesial

M

Distal

D

Buccal

B

Occlusal

O

Facial

F

Occluso-Buccal

OB

Mesio-Occlusal

MO

Disto-Occlusal

DO

Disto-incisal

DI

Disto-lingual

DL

Mesio-incisal

MI

Linguo-incisal

LI

Mesio-Occluso-Distal

MOD

Mesio-Occluso-Disto-Bucco-Lingual

MODBL

Anterior or posterior, occlusal, a groove, or a pit

Class I

Posterior, more than occlusal, mesial or distal involved

Class II

Anterior, mesial or distal

Class III

Anterior, Incisal edge

Class IV

Anterior or posterior, gumline, cervical third(gingival third)

Class V

Anterior or posterior, abrasion(natural wear)

Class VI